Goniobranchus albopustulosus

Goniobranchus albopustulosus is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae.[2][3]

Goniobranchus albopustulosus
Goniobranchus albopustulosus, Maui, Hawaii.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Chromodorididae
Genus: Goniobranchus
Species:
G. albopustulosus
Binomial name
Goniobranchus albopustulosus
(Pease, 1860)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Chromodoris albopustulosa (Pease, 1860)
  • Doris albopustulosa Pease, 1860 (basionym)

Distribution

This marine species was described from Hawaii.[4] It has been reported from the Marshall Islands and Kure Atoll.[5][6][7][8][9]

References
  1. Pease, William Harper. (1860). Descriptions of new species of Mollusca from the Sandwich Islands. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, pt. 28, pp. 18-36.
  2. Bouchet, P. (2012). Goniobranchus albopustulosus. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2012-04-22
  3. Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.); Frýda J., Hausdorf B., Ponder W., Valdes A. & Warén A. 2005. Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology, 47(1-2). ConchBooks: Hackenheim, Germany. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997. 397 pp.
  4. Rudman W.B. (1986) The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: the genus Glossodoris Ehrenbergh (= Casella, H. & A. Adams). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 86: 101-184 page(s): 165
  5. Scott Johnson (2015) Goniobranchus albopustulosus. [In] Underwater Kwajalein
  6. Rudman, W.B., 2005 (March 7) Chromodoris albopustulosa (Pease, 1860). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  7. Debelius, H. & Kuiter, R.H. (2007) Nudibranchs of the world. ConchBooks, Frankfurt, 360 pp. ISBN 978-3-939767-06-0 page(s): 162
  8. Gosliner, T.M., Behrens, D.W. & Valdés, Á. (2008) Indo-Pacific Nudibranchs and seaslugs. A field guide to the world's most diverse fauna. Sea Challengers Natural History Books, Washington, 426 pp. page(s): 223
  9. Johnson R.F. & Gosliner T.M. (2012) Traditional taxonomic groupings mask evolutionary history: A molecular phylogeny and new classification of the chromodorid nudibranchs. PLoS ONE 7(4): e33479
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